Ex-LSU star JaMarcus Russell plots NFL return

11:25 AM,
Jan. 23, 2013

Former LSU star quarterback JaMarcus Russell is working toward a second chance at the NFL.

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Simon Samano
Gannett

Hundreds of jokes have been told about former LSU star JaMarcus Russell. This is not one of them: He's planning a comeback to the NFL.

Yahoo! Sports reported Tuesday nightthat the 2007 No. 1 overall pick, one of the biggest draft bust in NFL history, is down from the 320 pounds he weighed last fall and is working out hard -- all in hopes that he could land an NFL gig.

"My first year out, I couldn't watch football, but after a while I couldn't keep the TV off. I got that itchy feeling, but now I gotta watch it, gotta watch," Russell said. "The last few years, the things going through my life, football is my ...